Warbird Information Exchange

Has anyone vacuformed a nose plexi for an F model B-17?If so, would be for both the single or dual guns?If you have I would like to buy a few.Somebody has got to do these sooner or later.Any info on someone who does this would be greatly appreciated.

You're in luck. Koster just released a B-17 set that includes 7 different noses. 3 are for the B-17F.

More details here:
http://www.arcforums.com/forums/air/ind ... pic=225386

Thank goodness you posted that, rcaf_100, because I was thinking about volunteering to try it..... That looks like another excellent Koster product, as usual.

Huh!....Appearently I forget to post that here, sorry folks!

Yes, that set is awesome, you realy can a a few differant aircraft out of the kit depending on how you use it. There are 3-4 nose cones for the F alone. I say that 3-4 because there is a solid (no gun) nose cone that will work for either an early F model before they put guns through the nose cone. Or it will work for the very late F models that had the chin turret, OR a very early G model.

Plus, you can use use the any of the F nose cones (with gun ports) and not use the bulged cheeks and get 2 correct F model variations, seriously, there are a lot of possibilities.

I highly recomend this product!

Second Air Force wrote:Thank goodness you posted that, rcaf_100, because I was thinking about volunteering to try it..... That looks like another excellent Koster product, as usual.

Boy., Scott., i bet your heart stopped for a second as you opened up that link.., then began to slowly beat again once you saw there was no 'YB' nose there!

Not that your own vacuform is not going to blow these out of a tank!


Cheers, buddy!

"Y" nose? What is that?

B-17 guy wrote:"Y" nose? What is that?

He's referring to the nose for the Y1B-17.
Scott's currently working on a conversion from the Monogram B-17G: viewtopic.php?f=15&t=25311

the330thbg wrote:
Boy., Scott., i bet your heart stopped for a second as you opened up that link.., then began to slowly beat again once you saw there was no 'Y' nose there!

I was actually very happy that Koster had done the F stuff so I wouldn't have to try! As far as the YB goes, just about the time I finish my project a styrene kit will become available. It's happened to me before with a couple of vacuform models I spent months on......... It's all part of the fun of model building, though.

Second Air Force wrote:, just about the time I finish my project a styrene kit will become available. It's happened to me before with a couple of vacuform models I spent months on......... It's all part of the fun of model building, though.

A similar instance happened to me when I got married!

Has anyone bought these yet? If so, how nice are they?

hang the expense wrote:Has anyone bought these yet? If so, how nice are they?

I have them, the link to the ARC forums was my thread, I recomend!

Well, thats good enough for me.Thanks a bunch.

Not a problem, glad to help. Here, look at this pic, see what you can see throught the nose cone.

Thanks for the pic.Does the nose glass fit well all the way around sta 1?There is a picture on ebay that shows the inside machine gun support really well.

All the way around the what? I'm not sure what you mean, so I cant answer.